Maggie's Plan

Greta Gerwig delights in this NYC-set screwball romantic comedy

"...early in the calendar year for exact synchronicity, but Maggie’s Plan bears in its DNA more than a little..."

June 10, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

DVDanger: Maggie

Arnie goes zombie

"...That's exactly what his latest film is. For while Maggie might look at first glimpse like an arty zombie..."

July 7, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: Cheer Up Charlies Principal Maggie Lea Takes on Breast Cancer

Cheer Up Charlies co-owner reflects on business and mental health evolution following diagnosis. Meanwhile, the Convention Center expansion gets approval by Music Commission, and Project ATX6 announces a new lineup.

"...on East Sixth. The same year, recent college graduate Maggie Lea began coordinating outdoor screenings as Cinema East. The..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Challenger Maggie Ellis Unseats Edward Smith in 3rd Court of Appeals Race

Progressive values win tight runoff

"...since he flipped it blue in 2018 – challenger Maggie Ellis emerged victorious Tuesday night, winning by roughly 250..."

May 31, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Last Week in Live Music: Tenacious D, Maggie Rogers, Jacob Banks, The Distillers, and More

"...Maggie Rogers at ACL Live on October 19, 2019..."

Oct. 21, 2019 Photo Gallery

Last Week in Live Music: Jawbreaker, Maggie Rogers, Megafauna, and More

"...Maggie Rogers on Austin City Limits TV at ACL Live..."

June 25, 2019 Photo Gallery

Maggie Rogers Invigorates Austin City Limits

Singer’s fiery taping precedes October ATX sell-outs

"...Upon entry at ACL Live on Friday, Maggie Rogers eyed the audience. “Okay Austin,” she quipped after..."

June 24, 2019 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Sound of My Voice

This festival favorite marks an impressive film debut for its director and star, but its sum total is less satisfying than its parts.

"...Fernando Valley. Its leader is the charismatic yet ethereal Maggie (Marling), who claims to be from the year 2054..."

May 4, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Golden Bowl

"...four protagonists: cultivated expatriate Charlotte (Thurman); ingenuous school chum Maggie (Pearl Harbor's Beckinsale); Maggie's father, coal magnate Adam Verver..."

May 25, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Infinitely Polar Bear

Mark Ruffalo and Zoe Saldana star in this intimate family drama

"...is cast. Ruffalo here plays Cam Stuart, husband of Maggie (Saldana, awfully good) and father of two pre-adolescent girls,..."

July 10, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Runaway Bride

"...source is dripping with bourbon and half-truths) about Maryland's Maggie Carpenter (Roberts), a woman fabled to have left a..."

July 30, 1999 Movie Review by Sarah Hepola

Switchblade Sisters

This nifty little movie is full of all the lurid teases, off-the-cuff production values, and trenchant topicality that make exploitation movies the fascinating cultural time capsules they are.

"...was bad she was very, very bad. But after Maggie (Nail) joined up, things turned horrid. The strife thrusts..."

Aug. 16, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Skeleton Twins

Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig co-star as siblings in this dramatic workout.

"...career in Los Angeles has gone nowhere. So sister Maggie (Wiig) packs up Milo and takes him back to..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Instructions Not Included

In this Mexican film, a man who's raised an abandoned child for six years is confronted by the birth mother who suddenly wants the girl back.

"...a lucrative income as a single parent, he raises Maggie (Peralta), his daughter. They live in a childlike world..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Suburbicon

The dark side of Fifties middle America

"...result of a car accident, but her twin sister Maggie (also played by Moore) has come to live with..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

In Her Shoes

Even if these Shoes are not perfectly stitched, the fit is nevertheless comfortable and the look is polished.

"...Jennifer Weiner) and spins it into box-office gold. Diaz’s Maggie and Collette’s Rose play sisters who are opposites in..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Missing

Ron Howard directs Tommy Lee Jones and Cate Blanchett in tough Western drama.

"...the Apache, Jones returns to visit his grown daughter Maggie (Blanchett), but she is bitter about the past and..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Whatever it Takes

"...dates -- Chris is after Ryan's platonic gal pal Maggie (Sokoloff). (I had a sudden, unbidden image of that..."

March 31, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Boxer

"...sort a few things out with his former sweetheart, Maggie (Watson), though a full-blown reconciliation seems out of the..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

One Fine Day

"...the fetching but somewhat clueless father of Sammy's classmate Maggie (Whitman). A series of screw-ups brings the two divorced..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Every Picture Tells a Story

Lone Star Producer Maggie Renzi

"...Life is good for Maggie Renzi. As the producer of eight films by John..."

June 28, 1996 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Qmmunity: The Fight for Queers’ Title VII Rights in SCOTUS’ hands

Plus GayCL returns and local stylists host benefit for Cheer Ups’ Maggie Lea

"...Style Cut-a-Thon & Benefit for Maggie Lea Come get yer hairs trimmed, cut, or dyed..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

St. Vincent

Bill Murray plays a hard-hearted grouch who warms to his new neighbors – Melissa McCarthy and her young son.

"...The story kicks into gear when new neighbors – Maggie (McCarthy) and her son Oliver (Lieberher) – move into..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Love & Other Drugs

A pharmaceutical salesman with devastating charm and a woman who has no interest in settling down learn that love is the best drug of all.

"...more of a clothing-optional film, especially when free-spirited artist Maggie (Hathaway, beaming and Botticelli-curled) enters the picture. After a..."

Dec. 3, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Ma

Octavia Spencer subverts expectations and racist tropes in this fun horror

"...After her parents’ messy separation, Maggie (Booksmart's Silvers) moves back to her mother’s (Lewis) hometown..."

May 31, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Lizzie

Lizzie Borden's murders awkwardly rebuilt as a #metoo metaphor

"...while she awakens into a relationship with housemaid Bridget "Maggie" Sullivan (Stewart)...."

Sept. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Lady in the Van

Dame Maggie Smith is stunning in the role of the titular homeless lady

"...Directed by: Nicholas Hytner. Starring: Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings, Jim Broadbent, Deborah Findlay, Frances de..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Won't Back Down

Two mad-as-hell mamas take back their public school from the bureaucrats and unions that seemingly enforce the status quo.

"...Directed by: Daniel Barnz. Starring: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Oscar Isaac, Holly Hunter, Rosie Perez,..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Priest

A warrior priest is on a mission to recapture his niece from murderous vampires.

"...Scott Stewart. Starring: Paul Bettany, Karl Urban, Cam Gigandet, Maggie Q, Lily Collins, Brad Dourif, Christopher Plummer and Stephen..."

May 20, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ladies in Lavender

Even though grande dames Maggie Smith and Judi Dench share the screen in this drama, their immense talents are mostly wasted.

"...Directed by: Charles Dance. Starring: Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Daniel Brühl, Natascha McElhone, Miriam Margolyes..."

June 17, 2005 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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